SKA Visualisations

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the world's next generation radio telescope. With a collecting area of one square kilometre, it will be about 100 times the size of the biggest existing radio telescopes.

In 2002, the Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing worked closely with Dr Peter Hall and Paul Thompson of ATNF to produce the following visualisations of the Australian SKA concept, based on using arrays of Luneburg lenses located in the outback of Western Australia.

High resolution images suitable for publication may be obtained by following the links below. Permission is granted to use these images for educational and SKA promotional purposes provided they are credited:

More information on the SKA project may be found here.

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fisheye_hi.jpg (1600x1600)	Movies File removed on 19 August 2010 See what it would look like to walk around the SKA: skawalk.avi (15 Mb) File removed on 19 August 2010 Quick-time VR Rotatable SKA (Requires Quicktime. Click and drag the mouse cursor up and down to change the view angle. Press "Shift" to zoom in and "Ctrl" to zoom out)

Title	SKA Visualisations
Format	High resolution still images; .avi file; Quicktime VR fil e
Duration
Credits
Animation	Chris Fluke (Swinburne)
Science/Design Advisors	Peter Hall (ATNF); Paul Thompson (ATNF)
Details	The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the world's next generation radio telescope. With a collecting area of one square kilometre, it will be about 100 times the size of the biggest existing radio telescopes. These images were created in collaboration with the ATNF.
Copyright	Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, 2002
Links	SKA Vis ualisations